GRE-01-200Words-04 Flashcards
(199 cards)
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poignant
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deeply moving
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poncho
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large piece of cloth
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ponderous
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heavy
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portent
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omen
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precarious
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dangerous
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precepts
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rules
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preclude
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prevent
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precursory
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anticipating
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predilection
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special liking
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predominate
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to have more power than others
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preen
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tidy
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premature
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happening before right time
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preponderance
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greatness in strength
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presage
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warning sign
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presumption
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arrogance
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preternatural
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not normal
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prevalent
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common
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prevaricate
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to lie
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prim
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formal
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pristine
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pure
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probity
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incorruptibility
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proclivity
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inclination
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procrastination
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putting off
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prodigal
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wasteful
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prodigious
enormous
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profane
having contempt for God
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profligacy
shameless immorality
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profligate
recklessly wasteful
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profundity
depth
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profuse
abundant
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proliferate
to grow
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prolix
tiring because too long
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prone
inclined to
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propagation
extending
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propinquity
nearness in time
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propitiatory
appeasing
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propitious
auspicious
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prosaic
mundane
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proscribe
to denounce as dangerous
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protracted
prolonged
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provident
frugal
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provisional
of present time
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provoke
to make angry
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prudence
careful forethought
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prudish
easily shocked
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prune
silly person
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pry
inquire too much
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pucker
wrinkle
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pugnacious
inclined to fight
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puissance
strength
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punctilious
precise
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pundit
pedant
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pungency
sharpness
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purvey
to provide supply
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pusillanimous
craven
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putrefaction
becoming rotten
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pyre
large pile of wood for burning
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quack
person who makes false claims
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quaff
to drink deeply
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quail
to lose courage
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qualm
feeling of doubt
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quandary
state of doubt
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quell
to subdue
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quibble
to try to avoid by sophistication
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quiescence
motionless
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quiescent
at rest
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quirk
habit specific to someone
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quixotic
generous
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quotidian
banal
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rabble
mob
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raconteur
person who tells anecdotes
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raffish
vulgar
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ramify
to branch out
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rancorous
feeling bitterness
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rant
to use extravagant language
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rapacious
greedy
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rarefy
to make thin
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rave
to act with excessive enthusiasm
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reactionary
opposing progress
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rebuff
to snub
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recalcitrant
disobedient
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recant
take back as being false
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recast
to cast anew
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recidivism
relapse into criminal behavior
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reciprocity
mutual interchange of favors
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recital
performance of music
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recluse
person who lives alone
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recompense
to award compensation to
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reconcile
to restore peace
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recondite
abstruse
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recreancy
cowardice
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recuperate
to become strong after illness
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redeem
to compensate
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redoubtable
causing fear
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refine
to make pure
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refractory
stubborn
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refulgent
brilliant
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regale
to delight
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regicide
crime of killing a king
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reiterate
to say again several times
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rejuvenation
becoming young
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relapse
to fall back again
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remonstrate
to protest
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render
to represent
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renovate
to make new again
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renowned
famous
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repast
meal
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repel
to refuse to accept
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repine
to complain
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reproach
to scold
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reprobate
sinful person
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repudiate
to disown
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repulsive
causing a feeling of disgust
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requite
to repay
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rescind
to cancel
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resigned
submissive
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resilience
ability to recover original shape
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resort
to frequently visit
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restive
refusing to move
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resuscitation
coming back to consciousness
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retard
to hinder
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reticent
reserved
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revere
to have deep respect for
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reverent
showing deep respect
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riddle
puzzling person or thing
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rift
to split
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rivet
to fix
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roll
calling of names
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rotund
round
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ruffian
violent cruel man
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rumple
to make rough
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sagacious
having sound judgement
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salacious
obscene
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salubrious
healthful
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salutary
wholesome
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sanctimony
hypocritical
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sanction
approval
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sanguine
cheerful
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sanity
health of mind
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sash
long strip worn round the waist
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satiate
to satisfy
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saturnine
gloomy
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savant
person of great learning
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savor
to enjoy flavor
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sawdust
tiny bits of wood
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scabbard
sheath for blade
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scent
pleasant smell
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scorch
to dry up
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scribble
write hastily
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scurvy
mean
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secular
living outside monastery
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sedulous
persevering
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seminal
like a seed
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sententious
full of proverbs
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sequence
succession
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sere
make hard
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sermon
reproving a person for his faults
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serrated
having a toothed edge
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serration
having a toothed edge
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servile
like a slave
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sever
to break off
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severance
cutting off
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shallow
little depth
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shard
piece of broken earthenware
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sheath
cover for blad
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shrewd
astute
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shrill
piercing
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shun
to keep away from
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shunt
to evade by putting aside
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sidestep
to step to side
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simper
self-conscious smile
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sinuous
winding
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skiff
small boat
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skit
short play
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slack
sluggish
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slake
to satisfy
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slate
criticize
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sluggard
lazy slow-moving person
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slur
join words
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smolder
burn slowly without fire
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snare
to trap
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snub
to treat with contempt
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soar
to fly high
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sober
self-controlled
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sobriety
being self-controlled
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sodden
soaked
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soggy
heavy with water
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solvent
something that dissolves
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somatic
of the body
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soot
black powder in smoke
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sophisticated
complex
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sophistry
fallacious
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sophomoric
immature
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soporific
producing sleep
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sordid
wretched
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spear
weapon with metal point
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specious
deceiving
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splenetic
irritable
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splice
to join
